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Nasdaq Retains Heidrick & Struggles For Search

Date 24/02/2003

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced it has retained Heidrick & Struggles (NASDAQ:HSII) to assist in its search for a new chief executive officer. The search is being led by NASDAQ Board Member Frank E. Baxter, chairman emeritus of Jefferies Group, Inc.
HKEx To Introduce BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited Futures And Options And Suspend China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Futures And Options

Date 24/02/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (BOC) Futures and Options on Monday, 17 March 2003.
Euronext.Liffe Cocoa Options Post Open Interest Record

Date 24/02/2003

Euronext.liffe's Cocoa options contract reached a new Open Interest record of 52,681 lots on Thursday 20 February breaking the previous record of 52,665 lots set on 30 April 2002.
CME Announces March 3 Launch For CME$INDEX Futures And Options

Date 24/02/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today announced a launch date of Monday, March 3, 2003, at 8:00 a.m. (Central time) for its new CME$INDEX™, a geometric index of seven foreign currencies. CME announced the launch date at the Managed Funds Association's Network 2003 conference in Miami.
CBOT® Offers Fee Waiver & Extends Electronic Trading Hours For Its Mini-Sized Metal Futures

Date 24/02/2003

To enhance the volume and liquidity in the exchange's metals complex, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced it will waive all member and non-member exchange transaction fees for CBOT mini-sized Gold and mini-sized Silver futures for three months beginning March 3, 2003. In conjunction with the CBOT, the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC) also will offer a three-month fee waiver for CBOT mini-sized Gold and Silver futures contracts.

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 24/02/2003

It was yet another week of poor volumes that saw the market end weaker by 0.3%.
Cairo And Alexandria Stock Exchanges: New CASE 30 Price Index

Date 23/02/2003

As of 31/1/2003 the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE) will discontinue the CASE 50 Price & Total Return Indices. The exchange will calculate only one index, CASE 30 Price Index, starting 2nd February 2003. CASE 30 is a free float market capitalization index that will be reviewed twice a year (January and June) by a committee at CASE, which will make the required changes (additions and removals of the companies included in the CASE 30). The new index will be retroactively computed
Cairo And Alexandria Stock Exchanges: ISIN Codes Implemented Starting January 26, 2003

Date 23/02/2003

The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges started using the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN code) on 26th January 2003.
Cairo And Alexandria Stock Exchanges: Arbitration In Securities Program In Cairo On March 16-17, 2003

Date 23/02/2003

The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges, in collaboration with the New York Stock Exchange, is holding a program on "Arbitration in Securities" in Cairo on March 16th-17th, 2003. This is the second time this program is held worlwide the first in Africa and the Middle East.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Market Information Fees

Date 21/02/2003

Market information fees vary as follows, depending on the type of lines and the data in use. Subscribers receving data directly from the Market Information System will incur additional fees for communication lines and connection equipment.